The Thriller Award
The winners of the Thriller Awards are announced at ThrillerFest, an annual event hosted by the International Thriller Writers organization, to recognize the best books published in this genre from the previous year.
- 2012
- Best Novel Nominee:
- Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder (St. Martin’s Press)
- A Hard Death by Jonathan Hayes (Harper)
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King (Scribner)
- The Ridge by Michael Koryta (Little, Brown)
- The Two Deaths Of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey (Dutton)
- Best Paperback Original Nominee:
- The Last Minute by Jeff Abbott (Sphere)
- Threat Warning by John Gilstrap (Pinnacle)
- The Glass Demon by Helen Grant (Delacorte Press)
- The Queen by Steven James (Revell)
- Already Gone by John Rector (Thomas & Mercer)
- Best First Novel Nominee:
- The Genesis Key by James Barney (Harper)
- She Can Run by Melinda Leigh (Montlake Romance)
- Spiral by Paul McEuen (The Dial Press)
- The Fund by H. T. Narea (Forge Books)
- Midnight Caller by Leslie Tentler (Mira)
- Best Short Story Nominee:
- "One More Lie" by James Scott Bell (Compendium Press)
- "Anything to Win" by Michael Lewin (Strand Magazine)
- "Happine$$" by Twist Phelan (Mystery Writers of America Presents The Rich and the Dead, Grand Central Publishing)
- "Half-Lives" by Tim L. Williams (Dell Magazine)
- "A Hostage Situation" by Dave Zeltserman (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
- 2011
- Best Novel: Bad Blood by John Sanford (Putnam)
- Best Paperback Original: The Cold Room by J. T. Ellison (Mira)
- Best First Novel: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens (St. Martin's Press)
- Best Short Story: The God for Vengeance Cry by Richard Helms (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
- 2010
- Best Novel: The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner
- Best Paperback Original: The Coldest Mile by Tom Piccirilli
- Best First Novel: Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti
- Best Short Story: A Stab in the Heart by Twist Phelan
- 2009
- Best Novel: The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver
- Best First Novel: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
- Best Short Story: The Edge of Seventeen by Alexandra Sokoloff
- 2008
- Best Novel: The Ghost by Robert Harris
- Best First Novel: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
- Best Paperback Original: The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli
- 2007
- Best Novel: Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder
- Best First Novel: Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone
- Best Paperback Original: An Unquiet Grave by P. J. Parrish
- 2006
- Best Novel: The Patriots Club by Christopher Reich
- Best First Novel: Improbable by Adam Fawer
- Best Paperback Original: Pride Runs Deep by R. Cameron Cooke
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